# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rena-kanokogi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:46:11.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rena-kanokogi"
name: "Rena Kanokogi"
slug: "rena-kanokogi"
description: "Rena \"Rusty\" Kanokogi was an American judoka and coach. In 1959, she won a medal at a YMCA judo tournament while disguised as a man, but had to return it after acknowledging that she was a woman. Traveling to Japan to continue her judo training, Kanokogi became the first woman allowed to train in the men's group at the Kodokan. She is perhaps best known for pioneering women's judo competition at the Olympic Games. Kanokogi is often referred to as \"The Mother of Women's Judo\"."
tagline: "American martial artist (1935-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Rena_Kanokogi.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2009-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             7.032520325203253
  historical:           6.563501333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kanokogi"
    title: "Rena Kanokogi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Kanokogi"
    title: "Rusty Kanokogi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kanokogi"
    title: "Rena Kanokogi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kanokogi"
    title: "Rena Kanokogi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99"
    title: "רינה קנוקוגי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kanokogi"
    title: "Rena Kanokogi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AE"
    title: "ラスティ・カノコギ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2121600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump